Kent McCord

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Kent McCord
Kent McCord in premiere of Farscape
Birth name	Kent Franklin McWhirter
Born	September 26, 1942 Los Angeles, California
Notable roles	Officer Jim Reed, Jack Crichton

Kent McCord (born Kent Franklin McWhirter on September 26, 1942 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor.

Using the stage name Kent McCord, he first appeared on television in 1962 as a guest on The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet. He became a close friend of Ricky Nelson and made several more appearances on the show over the next few years, as well as landing small parts in three Elvis Presley films. After working in a variety of secondary roles, he got his big break in 1968 when he was given a lead role next to Martin Milner as rookie LAPD police officer James A. "Jim" Reed on Adam-12, a police drama television series created by Jack Webb. The popular show ran on NBC from 1968 to 1975 and made McCord a household name.

In 1972, McCord was elected to the National Board of Directors of the Screen Actors Guild and served on the Board for eleven years. He remains active in the industry.

In 1980, McCord played the lead character Troy on the short-lived series Galactica 1980. He was then pegged to play Jack Webb's partner in another revival of Dragnet, but the project ended with Webb's death in 1982.

From 1994 through 1995, McCord played the recurring role of Scott Keller on seaQuest DSV, and in 1999 he was introduced to a new generation of fans as a semi-regular guest star on the science fiction television cult hit, Farscape. He played two versions (one human and one alien appearing in the physical form of the human) of the same character, Jack Crichton.